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Summary: This site is a tool for teachers, teaching them that students need to learn pre-writing in order to develop good writing habits. The author says that the pre-writing stage is when the student should think and develop their ideas about a topic. The pre-writing stage has no right or wrong answer. The author of the site explained pre-writing strategies in detail. Stating that it is one of the more important writing steps, that it needs to be cemented before students can go on learning how to write. Pre-writing is the time for students to explore topics by brainstorming, talking, drawing and reading. How is it useful? The site explained pre-writing and gave examples on how to teach it. I now have a clear understanding of pre-writing and know it is useful. The author wrote that pre-writing is a fundamental basic of the writing process, that all other writing skills build off of this one. Why is it useful? The author of this article gave examples on how to teach pre-writing to students. The author said to ask the students an open ended question like what is your favorite thing about snow? There is no right or wrong answer to this question, but there are many answers. The use of this example helped me understand pre-writing and how it is used. How is it credible? The site is contains many articles for use in the classroom. A site like this could not maintain a reputation with teachers if it contained false information. Why is it credible? The article is on a site made for teachers. Teachers make the article and then share it with other teachers. Citation: Despirt Debbie (2007). Teach The Prewriting Stage. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://teachers-subject-guides.suite101.com/article.cfm/prewriting_stage.

Summary: This site defines drafting as a late stage in the writing process. It also says that when you're ready to start drafting you should have finished gathering information and have completed an exercise in prewriting. This site also describes things you will need in your draft and things you will not need. It then goes on to describe what each paragraph should look like, describing opening paragraph and a closing paragraph. Then it goes on to give tips about paragraph length and verbs that should not be used like "to be"; the author said to keep your voice active, not passive. How is it useful? The site described every step of drafting, being this thorough made it a useful. Every point about drafting was discussed and explained in depth. Why is it useful? The large amount of information made this article useful. Also the information is very well organized and has a nice layout. It took seconds to find what I was looking for, and there was a lot of information to find. How is it credible? This information is from a site that specializes in strategies and study guides. At the end of the page the author left his name and the date that the article was published. Why is it credible? This site had a lot of information about other topics as well. The seven stages of the writing process were described, each one going into extreme detail. This shows that people have a lot time and energy into making this site as accurate possible. Citation: Landsberger Joe (2000). Seven Stages of Writing Assignments. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://www.studygs.net/writing/roughdrafts.htm.

Editing Strategies Summary This website is about editing strategies. It says that a good way to edit a paper is by taking steps. It seems like a long process but it is also a very good way to do it and definitely seems worthwhile. The steps basically mean that you should start big and work yourself down to every detail. Some of the steps are Think about your targeted audience, Starting with sentences, Consider words, checking grammatical detail, and punctuation and spelling. How/why useful This website is very useful because it clearly states the process of editing. It also provides links that deviate to a specific step and define that step. It is very easy to navigate the website because of the links and it also has a sample paragraph that you can try the steps on so that you get a better understanding of the process. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. It also provides clear definitions and has links available. Citation Kate Kiefer, Luann Barnes, Mike Palmquist. (Copyright © 1993-2009 ). Writing guides:' editing. In Editing Strategies. Retrieved November 7, 2009, from' http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/pop2a.cfm.

I was suprised to find this information where I did. I found it on a college website and the subject I was looking for was right at the top. In addition it takes you through the whole pre-writing process, starting with directed questioning to get you going. It then moves on to freewriting to get some of your ideas on paper, followed by brainstorming which could be incorporated into the freewriting process. This was a short but very helpful listing for the pre-writing process.

This website helps you in pre-writing a paper. It tells you to jot down ideas of how you want the paper to go, with the subject, and the main ideas that you want to have in the paper. It makes you write questions down for your paper, and you should answer them, it would make your paper work really well, and read well for your reader. In this website, I have learned a lot of how you can make your paper better, before you even start writing it. It gives good examples that you can click on and see how easy this pre writing should be, and it breaks it down really easy for you to learn it quickly. This website is credible it is an educational site from the university of kansas. http://www.writing.ku.edu/~writing/guides/prewriting.shtml

Summary: The site I found was written by a college student. He showed the steps he takes when editing a paper and thought it might be useful to share the information. Editing is one of the most tedious jobs in the writing process. The author explained that the first step of the editing process is to take a break. He said to give it at least a day, to let your mind fully cool down from writing the paper. He then said that editing should be done sentence by sentence, saying each one aloud to make sure it sounds right. The site was in paragraph form making the information a little more time consuming to find. How is it useful? The student described the steps in a way that made it to easy to understand and remember. Editing is a long process that should be done by more than one person, and should be done in a quiet static free area. The site helped me gain a better understanding on how to do editing and get the most out of it. Why is it useful? The information is extremely easy to read and digest what the author is saying. One of the points he gave was to keep a thesaurus handy. If you're reading a paragraph and it sounds like you keep repeating the same word over and over again, you could use a thesaurus and make it sound fresh. This was a very useful tip in the editing process. How is it credible? The site has a lot of information for educational purposes. Each article has a space for feedback and the article I used had no negative feedback. This was just a college student trying to help other students. Why is it credible? If the article contained false information it would have been removed from the site by now, the posting is over three years old. It has also had over three hundred thousand views, if there was false information someone would have said something by now. Citation: Rein Daniel (2006). Tips and Strategies for Editing a Research Paper. Retrieved on November 8, 2009 from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/95133/tips_and_strategies_for_editing

Summary: This site described revision as "fine tuning" a piece of writing. This site described common problems associated with revision and it also explained common errors in writing. After the site described revision, it went to define the four steps of revision. Each step asked questions pertaining to your essay and helped develop the ideas in your essay. How is it useful? The site not only described revision, but also described common problems in writing. The author said that most errors in an essay generate from not having a clear understanding of ideas and development. The grammar and spelling errors usually follow after the confusion. When writing we should focus on getting our ideas on paper then sort through them in the revising process. Why is it useful? The site described revision in depth. The four steps gave examples and asked good questions to help shape the essay. The site used examples to show why revision is necessary. The author said not to think about revision until the paper is finished, if you're always worrying about grammar and punctuation you could leave out ideas that would have helped your essay. How is it credible? The site is run by Hobart and William Smith College, meaning the article was written for educational and learning purposes. Why is it credible? The site has an .edu address, meaning it's for educational purposes. A site intended for education would not be allowed to contain false information. Citation: (2007). Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Revision Strategies. Retrieved on November 8, 2009 from http://www.hws.edu/academics/ctl/writes_revision.aspx.

Summary: This site described proofreading as the final step in the writing process. Proofreading was then broken down into five steps. Each step was a link that brought you to another page, and that page contained an in depth description of the step. The author gave a good hint to finding errors. She said that reading from right to left is a good way to find spelling errors. It allows your mind to read each word individually, and think about one word at a time. How is it useful? The site was in an easy to use format. All the links were clearly labeled and the information was easy to find. The accessibility of the information helped me find what I was looking for. Each link contained definitions and explanations helping to describe proofreading. Why was it useful? The site broke down proofreading and made it a simpler concept to understand. Learning something piece by piece is easier than all at once. After using the site I now have a clearer understanding on the proper way to use proofreading. How is it credible? The site is run by the Colorado State University, meaning it's for educational purposes. A website for educational purposes cannot contain false information. Why is it credible? The site has an .edu address meaning it is used for education. If the sight is intended for education the information must be accurate and up to date. Citation: Kiefer Kate (2009). Writing Guides: Proofreading Strategies. Retrieved on November 8, 2009 from http://writi.ng.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/pop2b.cfm

Prewriting Strategies Summary- This website has all the elements necessary to understand the prewriting process. It provides many useful links that define the all the steps that make up the prewriting process. The strategies that are provided in the website are unconscious strategies, conscious strategies, and strategies for productive reading and research. How/why useful- This website is very useful because everything is organized. It provides links for all the steps mentioned which then describe in much detail the topic that was selected. It doesn't just have a list of links; it gives a brief description of the topic to give you an idea about what the link will be talking about. How/why credible- This website is credible because it is a website for York University. It has many useful links and provides lots of graphic aids. It also provides a side bar that covers all of the information related to the prewriting process. Citation- York University. (March 10, 2009). http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/prewriting/. In Pre-Writing Strategies. Retrieved November 1, 2009, from http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/prewriting/.

Drafting is the process of writing down and organizing ideas. There are sertain questiones that you should ask yourself when writing a draft. I have found this website very helpful. It explains how to write a draft and questions that you should ask yourself when writing the draft. This website is credibe, it is a website for teachers.

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Summary: This page describes peer review as students commenting on students writing. The author said that this one of the most beneficial activities you can do in the writing process. The rest of page described different peer review activities you can use in the classroom. Each one is a link taking you to page that describes the activity and gives examples of things to do and not to do in a peer review. How is it useful? The site defined peer review and then described how to use it in many different ways. In each example there was an extensive amount of information to describe the activity. There was also a large amount of activities, giving many different views on peer review. Why is it useful? The amount of examples the site gave made it useful for describing peer review. Each activity also performed a different action in peer review. One activity could be reading aloud and sharing information, while another could be challenging your peer's views. This gave me a clear understanding of the concept peer review. How is it credible? The author of this site provided his name and contact information at the top of page. Why is it credible? The page provides a link to e-mail the creator of the site. The site is an online teaching tool for home school teachers. There is zero chance that an online teaching tool would have false information in it. Citation: Carbone Nick. Strategies for Teaching with Online Tools: Peer Review. Retrieved on November 7, 2009 from http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/workshops/peerview.htm

After reading this article, I was able to gain some insight as to how the process should flow when acquiring research strategies. It covered various topics and laid the whole process out in a linear fashon so you knew where you were to start ,and how it should look when you are completed. " How to Write an A+ Research Paper" (nd) Retrieved from a Research Guide @www.aresearchguide.com

This URL did not come in the form of a website but instead a power point. This power point made the writing process easier to understand. The term that was most clear for me to understand was "prewriting. The power point made this term easy to understand becsue it showed examples of prewriting and different ways a person could brainstorm their indeas. However the power point did not have an author labeled. But i do believe that the information provided is creditable based on how it was written and how there were no grammatical errors or "flashing bears".

Summary: Editing strategies is basically deals with everything else that you need to look at as far as sentence structure spelling typos grammar and basically how your paper is set up and how it was written How and why is this resource useful? It is useful in that it begins and tells you what editing is and then fallows it with what things to look at when you are editing. How and why is this resource credible? This site is credible in the since that its from a educational website and used by colleges for there curriculum. Citation: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Write Place

This website was very good for the term revising. However the website did appear to look a little older than all other modern websites it still obtained some really useful information. The website was able to defin the term and give examples of the term. the website also provided tip that made it easier to understand the term and its meaning. Although the website looked to be old and out dated the author however did seem to be very knowledgable which there fore made this site creditable. The author of the website was A.E. Lipkewhich, Westmont Schools (Edmonton Public Schools).

Peer reviewing is a very helpful process when writing a paper. When other people read wour work they may catch some mistakes that you didnt catch. The reviewer may also have input on thing that you can do differntley and have new ideas. I found this website very helpful. It helped me understand peer reviewing, and gave me new ideas on how to make it most effective. This site is credible it is a writers website and has a comment are were other viewers can put in their input.

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